html question

[JFWebDesign.com]

Hello all,

I'm new to web design and have a question about internet explorer and mozilla compatability.

I designed a very basic website only using notepad with images for the navigation, links to the other pages, and simple paragraphs. It all looked fine in internet mozilla 3.0. Then When i opened it in internet explorer 7, bam! it's all mis aligned and the alignment won't match between ie and firefox. Here is the basic code I used:

<p>
<font size="2" face="tachoma" color="white">
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I can send you the full notepad page with the code via pm or some other method. I'm new to the forum and don't want to post links to stuff yet. Please explain the linking rules to me if you have time. Thanks

 

[adamblan]

There are close to 400 instances of invalid html in the sample you just posted. Validate your code, and it might just solve your problem...

 

[conor]

no! no! no!! !! !!

The solution to your problem is to use CSS. Defining styles in HTML is outdated and discouraged.

use the CSS margin rule and get rid of all of those spaces - thats whats messing up your alignment. I'm sure that if you changed your screen resolution it wouldnt even work in mozillia.

To learn css go to http://w3schools.com

 

[conor]

oh and I forgot to mention that your doing the spaces wrong. It's &nbsp; (note the semi colon)

i really do advise you to learn CSS, it will really help you while writing your code.

 

[adx]

Holy smokes! You've even got text in there. Must be a bit confusing with only
notepad to guide you. I agree with conor, all you need is to learn how to use margins.